挽回

to retrieve / to redeem

Characters and words in 挽回

wǎn = w + an3

to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover

挽 = 免 + 扌 : Willy Walrus (w) is drunkenly lamenting the dead (挽) in the anthill (an3) who died of alcohol poisoning, while the bar keeper is waving with a toy claw (扌) holding the bar's disclaimer (免). Finally Willy Walrus recovers (挽), the bar keeper rolls up (挽) the disclaimer and both return to their usual business.

挽

輓

wǎn = w + an3

variant of 挽[wan3] / to draw (a cart) / to lament the dead

回

huí = hu + ei2

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

回 = 口 + 囗 : Helga Horse (hu-) smuggled herself into the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (-ei2). She covered herself in an enclosure (囗) full of mandarins (口). Unfortunately, she missed one little detail: The box full of mandarins is to be shipped back (回) to China soon.